The Unbroken Podcast

Chris just got home from his cruise and talk about the all the food on the boat.  We discuss the why there isn't an obesity problem in Hogwarts.  We also discuss our goals for the year and how we plan on achieving them.  

This is the first episode with James Strathdee. James and I will be meeting weekly and discussing weight loss and our struggles to take the weight off.  First weigh in Chris 330 and James 275.   

I asked Lynn to be on the podcast right around when I started it.  She has a really cool story of recovering from an eating disorder.  We met at CrossFit during one of my first ever workouts in the class.  I became friends with her and have been friends ever since. I had just met Dallas during the podcast, and I was glad I got to talk with both Lynn and Dallas.  We talked about nutrition and train...

Leslie Franklin was such an awesome interview.  Especially for my 40th Episode!  Loved getting to sit down and talk fitness, hard work, diet and about everything else. What I loved about our conversation was how you could tell she cared about what she was doing and how she was passionate about helping people and passionate about her own goals.  You can tell she loves what she does and loves helpin...

Seth was a fun interview and was super glad I got to talk to him before he moved to Virginia. We talked about a lot of fun stuff! We talked about his experience with going to the CrossFit Games the last two years.  What it is like seeing the all stars of the sport and then competing with them to become their friends. Seth did a lot of his training while in college alone in his garage. There wasn't...

John Gorman is such a good guy! So much fun to talk to and has such a wealth of knowledge when it comes to weight loss.  In his busy schedule, he took the time to sit down with me, and we talked a little bit about everything: weight loss, writing books, relationships, starting his business and working hard for your dreams. We also talked about his son Jay's new business, the Phat Muscle Project.  ...

Chris Baker was a fun podcast to record.  We recorded this episode earlier in July but I have been a little out of pocket as of late and have just now got to post it.  I apologize we have not had an episode every week for July.  August will be better. Chris Baker is a wellness coach for Cigna and is assigned to work with O'Reilly Auto Parts.  This is where I work, so I have seen his post and comme...

This was a fun interview. Melody is a down-to-earth person who has some fun stories!  She is a morning anchor for KSPR in Springfield Missouri.  She has also lost over 50 pounds and managed to keep the weight off over a year. Melody, like myself, does not like to run, but we both know the importance of doing it. She has found joy in doing triathlons. I love that she really doesn't have a training...

This episode of the Unbroken Podcast I interviewed Rob Bernet.  I enjoyed talking to him and left the interview feeling like I made a new friend. Rob is a graphic designer as his day job but understands the benefit of exercising and bettering himself. I'd be more than happy to look like Rob at his age. When Rob was just a kid, he was small and skinny but tried out for football and, in his words, w...

This was a fun podcast.  Seth is the owner of  Axom Performance .  He is a very down-to-earth guy, and you can tell he loves what he does.  I loved talking shop with him on the ins and outs of running a business that sells and rents rigs. I Learned a lot about what kind of need there is for rigs.  Not only for CrossFit gyms, but also Seth has seen more of the traditional gyms wanting to purchase a...

So grateful that Cara said yes when I asked her to be on the podcast. Such a cool interview. This has been one of my favorite episodes by far.  Just hearing about some of the things she has overcome and her strength of will has inspired me so much. Cara has lost over a hundred pounds and overcame cancer twice. We talked about how she had tried almost everything in the book to lose weight but nothi...

Tommy Barker was a blast to have on the podcast. He is super inspirational and an awesome guy.  Loved getting to know him better.  It's not everyday you get to sit down with a ninja and talk shop! Tommy owns two martial arts studios, Kicking It Martial Arts, and has been practicing it for over 30 years.  We talk about how he went from being an angry kid and almost being sent to military school to...

Ben Davis has been an inspiration to me for a long time.  His video, My 120 Pound Journey, is what got me started down the path of health over 5 years ago.  Seeing someone change his life and start running got my butt off the couch and moving. Ben has taken another journey as of late. He started a walk across the United States in Los Angeles, and he will end in Boston July 23rd. When I interviewed...

Alissa was someone I have always looked up to in the CrossFit world. She is a great coach and super strong.  She was a coach at the gym where I started CrossFit. One day, she was talking about rope climbs to the class, and I said to someone under my breath, "I will never be able to do that." She whipped around and told me that she will get me there. I was excited to talk to Alissa, because she jus...

I was really excited when Eric said he would be on the podcast.  I have known Eric since I started running 5 years ago.  He helped me buy my first real pair of running shoes at The Starting Block, and I have been his friend on Facebook ever since.  I have been able to follow some of his story and training since then. Eric is the store manager of Ultramax in Springfield, Missouri.  We talk about wh...

Part of the reason I love doing what I am doing now is that I get the opportunity to meet people like Jacob and Joe Hamby.  They were just a really cool family of CrossFitters that I would see at local competitions.  Me being who I am had to introduce myself to them and a quick friendship grew between me and the whole West Plains crew, especially the Hamby family. So I had to sit down with these r...

Had the opportunity to sit down with Jeremy Mhire at his gym at CrossFit Springfield a few weeks ago and talk for an hour about a little bit everything. Jeremy was my first CrossFit coach when I started three years ago. I got to ask him what he thought when seeing someone who was super sedentary change their lifestyle and try something like CrossFit. Jeremy was in a boy band in the early 2000's ca...

Jeff swore off three things after he got out of the Marines.  Running, camping and shooting. Now he does those three things more than ever, especially running. I met Jeff 5 years ago when I started running with Nixa Running, and now, we are both Idiots in the Idiots Running Club. In the last 5 years, Jeff has gone from running a 5k and then his first marathon to running several ultra marathons.  W...

Jessi was not always an athlete. She grew up playing music and was a music major playing the cello. Somehow, she found a love for theme park management and started perusing that career.  She even learned how to drive a steam engine at Silver Dollar City.  When she was interviewing for her dream job, she had a brain aneurysm.  We talk a lot about how she was one of the people who brought CrossFit t...

I got to drive to Branson Missouri to record this podcast with a friend, Justin Jones.  We were able to sit in the back office of Crossfit Branson and talk about what he has been doing! Justin and I met through local athletic competitions. We talk about how he started a few competitions in southwest Missouri. We also discuss his day in the life of a firefighter and how he became one. Justin and hi...

This podcast was a lot of fun.  Talking to a fellow Chris, you know it will be good! Chris is a chiropractor in Joplin Missouri at  Carlson Chiropractic Center , and I took the opportunity to pick his brain regarding back health while trying to be healthy. Love that he said that Crossfit has made him a better chiropractor. We talk about how sitting in chairs is killing us.  We talk about how he ge...

Owner of CrossFit Jomo in Joplin.  We talked about the history of fitness in the Joplin area. Playing college football and training others after football ended.  Awesome guy and fun interview

So cool to have a mother daughter come together in their love for fitness.  We talked a lot about how Shannon at age 12 decided to start doing CrossFit after spending so much time in childcare at different fitness locations while her mom was a professional body builder.  S Shannon is an amazing teenager. Siobhan has always strived to have fitness in her life.  

Travis is a part owner of a gym called Honey Badger Gym.  Anyone who has a gym named after the most bad ass animal on the planet has to be on the podcast.  We discuss how he found out he was type one diabetic at the age of 10 after feasting during Thanksgiving dinner. 

Hordos Andras (Andrew) has been a listener from the beginning.  He has been a great help and given feedback and advice since it started. I was excited to get him on the cast.  Andrew decided to start rowing a 5k everyday after a wrist injury.  That quickly evolved into rowing 2 million meters in a single year.